Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	catholic_n	church_n	unity_n	4,815	5	9.7580	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61579	Origines Britannicæ, or, The antiquities of the British churches with a preface concerning some pretended antiquities relating to Britain : in vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph / by Ed. Stillingfleet ...	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1685 (1685)	Wing S5615; ESTC R20016	367,487	459

at_o antioch_n he_o say_v give_v out_o that_o both_o osius_n and_o liberius_n have_v renounce_v the_o nicene_n faith_n and_o declare_v the_o son_n to_o be_v unlike_o the_o father_n but_o liberius_n clear_v himself_o by_o reject_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o anomaean_o i_o e._n the_o open_a and_o profess_v arian_n and_o this_o vrsacius_n valens_n and_o germinius_n then_o at_o sirmium_n be_v willing_a to_o accept_v of_o have_v a_o far_a design_n to_o carry_v on_o in_o these_o part_n which_o be_v like_a to_o be_v spoil_v by_o the_o anomaean_o appear_v so_o open_o and_o unreasonable_o in_o the_o east_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n they_o be_v willing_a to_o call_v in_o that_o which_o hilary_n call_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o osius_n and_o potamius_n as_o be_v too_o open_a and_o give_a offence_n to_o the_o follower_n of_o basilius_n of_o ancyra_n in_o the_o east_n for_o now_o the_o emperor_n have_v banish_v so_o many_o bishop_n and_o strike_v so_o much_o terror_n into_o the_o rest_n think_v it_o a_o convenient_a time_n to_o settle_v the_o church-affair_n to_o his_o mind_n in_o these_o western_a part_n and_o to_o that_o end_n he_o summon_v a_o general_n council_n but_o just_o fear_v the_o eastern_a and_o western_a bishop_n will_v no_o more_o agree_v now_o than_o they_o do_v before_o at_o sardica_n he_o appoint_v the_o former_a to_o meet_v at_o seleucia_n in_o isauria_n and_o the_o latter_a at_o ariminum_n who_o number_n say_v 2._o severus_n sulpicius_n come_v to_o above_o four_o hundred_o and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 17._o sozomen_n when_o they_o be_v assemble_v valens_n and_o vrsacius_n acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o emperor_n be_v good_a intention_n in_o call_v they_o together_o and_o as_o the_o only_a expedient_a for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n they_o propose_v that_o all_o former_a confession_n of_o faith_n shall_v be_v lay_v aside_o as_o tend_v to_o dissension_n and_o this_o to_o be_v universal_o receive_v which_o they_o have_v bring_v with_o 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the_o most_o effectual_a 37._o 18._o 19_o bar_n against_o arianism_n and_o other_o heresy_n and_o they_o add_v that_o the_o remove_n of_o it_o will_v open_v the_o breach_n for_o heresy_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n they_o charge_v vrsacius_n and_o valens_n with_o have_v once_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o arian_n heresy_n and_o on_o that_o account_n throw_v out_o of_o the_o church_n but_o be_v receive_v in_o again_o upon_o their_o submission_n and_o recantation_n but_o now_o they_o say_v in_o this_o council_n of_o ariminum_n they_o have_v make_v a_o fresh_a attempt_n on_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n bring_v in_o a_o doctrine_n full_a of_o blasphemy_n as_o it_o be_v in_o socrates_n but_o in_o hilary_n fragment_n it_o be_v only_o that_o their_o faith_n contain_v multa_fw-la perversae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la which_o show_v that_o they_o look_v on_o the_o sirmian_n creed_n as_o dangerous_a and_o heretical_a and_o in_o the_o same_o 459._o fragment_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o act_n 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the_o son_n be_v or_o that_o he_o be_v a_o creature_n like_o other_o creature_n for_o they_o know_v these_o expression_n will_v not_o then_o be_v bear_v and_o therefore_o they_o be_v force_v to_o refine_v arianism_n to_o the_o utmost_a degree_n to_o make_v it_o pass_v down_o the_o better_a till_o the_o prejudice_n against_o it_o by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v whole_o remove_v to_o which_o end_n they_o set_v forth_o several_a other_o confession_n of_o faith_n to_o prevent_v the_o suspicion_n of_o what_o they_o aim_v at_o but_o these_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantius_n i_o return_v therefore_o to_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n which_o excellent_a prince_n 1._o will_v suffer_v no_o alteration_n to_o be_v make_v in_o the_o nicene_n faith_n in_o his_o time_n and_o therefore_o the_o secret_a arian_n be_v force_v to_o great_a dissimulation_n and_o hypocrisy_n and_o to_o carry_v on_o their_o design_n under_o other_o pretence_n so_o 7._o theodoret_n say_v that_o eusebius_n 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the_o nicene_n faith_n and_o from_o hence_o begin_v the_o great_a quarrel_n against_o eustathius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o athanasius_n as_o to_o the_o former_a he_o give_v a_o account_n in_o the_o fragment_n of_o a_o homily_n extant_a in_o 8._o theodoret_n what_o shuffle_n the_o arian_n use_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a to_o preserve_v their_o bishopric_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n subscribe_v to_o the_o decree_n of_o faith_n and_o so_o have_v escape_v the_o censure_n they_o deserve_v they_o do_v sometime_o secret_o sometime_o open_o propagate_v the_o opinion_n there_o condemn_v one_o of_o their_o great_a art_n he_o faith_n be_v to_o decline_v such_o as_o well_o understand_v the_o controversy_n and_o make_v it_o their_o business_n to_o oppose_v they_o and_o so_o eustathius_n himself_o find_v to_o his_o sorrow_n for_o eusebius_n of_o nicomedia_n and_o his_o party_n meet_v together_o at_o antioch_n